Metz 2-1 Lorient: result and report
Ligue 2 · Sunday 31 March 2019
Result
Metz 2-1 Lorient
Ligue 2 · Sunday 31 March 2019, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Metz 2-1 Lorient: match report
Metz won against Lorient 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Sunday 31 March 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Habib Diallo opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Metz's goals came from Habib Diallo (30', penalty) and M. Gakpa (77'). Lorient scored through Alexis Claude-Maurice (82').
Discipline: Metz received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Lorient received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Metz were 1st on 61 points from 29 and Lorient 4th on 50 points from 29. Metz went on to finish that season 1st with 81 points, and Lorient 6th with 63.
Metz lined up in a 4-3-3 and Lorient in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Gakpa of Metz (8.1), ahead of Habib Diallo (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Metz wins, 2 draws and 5 for Lorient.
Going into the match Metz's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Lorient's D-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · I. Meslier
- 30'Penalty goal · Habib Diallo
- 34'Red card · O. Nguette
- 54'Yellow card · Ibrahim Sissoko
- 67'Yellow card · Sidy Sarr
- 77'Goal · M. Gakpa
- 82'Goal · Alexis Claude-Maurice
- 87'Yellow card · F. Boulaya
- 90+4'Yellow card · F. Lemoine
Head-to-head
Team news
Metz line-up (4-3-3)
A. Oukidja, Iván Balliu, Stoppila Sunzu, Mamadou Fofana, Thomas Delaine, Renaud Cohade, Victorien Angban, Marvin Gakpa, Farid Boulaya, Habib Diallo, Opa Nguette
Lorient line-up (4-4-2)
Illan Meslier, Maxime Etuin, Matthieu Saunier, Felipe Saad, Vincent Le Goff, Jimmy Cabot, Franklin Wadja, Fabien Lemoine, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Ibrahim Sissoko, Yoane Wissa